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Iron Age defended settlement called Roborough Castle

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Iron Age defended settlement called Roborough Castle
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Roborough Castle is an Iron Age defended settlement in North Devon, still standing as a scheduled monument. It is not a castle at all, but a human answer to danger, shaped by hands that understood exposure and loss. The land remembers the choice to build a boundary instead of running from it.
The National Heritage List for England records Iron Age defended settlement called Roborough Castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Built during the Iron Age, Roborough Castle was a defended settlement occupied by Celtic tribes. It is important as a scheduled monument, reflecting early defensive architecture and the strategic use of hilltop sites in pre-Roman Britain.

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